Walter Toscanini (March 19, 1898 — July, 1971) was an Italian-American historian and ballet choreographer. He was the son of Maestro Arturo Toscanini and Carla De Martini, and brother to sisters Wanda Toscanini (1908-1998) and Wally Toscanini (1900-1991). He was married to Lucia Fornaroli, a La Scala ballerina.[1] His son was Walfredo Toscanini (1929 — 2011).[2]

Work book

  • Cia Fornaroli and Walter Toscanini papers, 1953

Walter Toscanini and Lucia Fornaroli collected more than 3,300 dance related items, including prints, paintings, writings, which Toscanini then donated to the New York Public Library Jerome Robbins Dance Division, where it is entitled the Cia Fornaroli Collection.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Cia Fornaroli Collection - NYPL Digital Collections". digitalcollections.nypl.org. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  2. ↑ The ranting maestro’s gentle grandson
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